Based on a true story that gripped the country, Central Park Five will chronicle the notorious case of five teenagers of color who were convicted of a rape they did not commit. The episodes will focus on the five teenagers from Harlem — Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise. The series will span from the spring of 1989, when each were first questioned about the incident, to 2014 when they were exonerated and a settlement was reached with the city of New York.

Michael K. Williams (The Wire, The Night Of) is set to play Bobby McCray, devoted father of accused teen Antron McCray; with Vera Farmiga (Up In the Air, Bates Motel) playing Elizabeth Lederer, the Manhattan Assistant District Attorney and lead prosecutor on the case; and John Leguizamo (Bloodline, John Wick) playing Raymond Santana Sr., the father of accused teen Raymond Santana Jr.

DuVernay will write and direct the four-episode narrative series, which is set to arrive on Netflix in 2019.